Blue Sky eLearn

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

We’ve gathered four tips to help you organize your association’s key data and communications, and then keep them organized as the year progresses. Communicate digitally to disseminate information. Association management software (AMS) functions as one main database containing all interactions between your association and its members.

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Aaron Wolowiec

AUGUST 10, 2015

Marketing is much more difficult than most people think. Marketers have a vast skill set, and that’s why they should have a seat at the decision-making table. That’s according to a new benchmarking study on association marketing by Demand Metric and HighRoad Solution. “ Print, however, ranks eighth in terms of effectiveness.

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Achieve

AUGUST 18, 2023

It’s no secret that effective marketing helps maximize the fundraising potential of your nonprofit’s events. For events that have a high fundraising potential to start, such as live auctions, being strategic in your marketing efforts can lead to significant revenue generation. Let’s get started!

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Optimist Consulting

MAY 31, 2016

I was delighted to recently present at CHASE on how to develop your membership marketing strategy and plan. These are the most commonly used channels: Direct marketing: Member emails, hard copy mailings, SMS/instant messages, and via direct marketing from partnerships you may have (if opted in). How can you segment them? .

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Association Adviser

APRIL 19, 2018

Like the ocean, the association community is always in motion. Novel ways of communicating with members develop while outdated channels fade away. New generations of potential members arrive on the scene eager to participate but with communication preferences different from the old guard.

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GrowthZone

AUGUST 3, 2023

The award recognizes excellence in operations, member services, and community leadership. Award of Excellence Winners ACCE’s Awards for Communications Excellence program is designed to showcase the top communications and marketing work of chambers of commerce and similar organizations.

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Higher Logic

DECEMBER 6, 2018

In the 2018 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report from Marketing General, Inc., associations surveyed revealed the most common level of segmentation for their member marketing efforts: 55% – Membership level/type. Behavioral data and segmentation are key to maximizing the value of your targeted marketing efforts.

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Aaron Wolowiec

AUGUST 6, 2013

A couple months ago I wrote an article for “Associations Now” about how marketing requires different skills than it once did. As more potential tactics and options for marketing have emerged, more is expected of a marketer. It’s the marketer’s job to be informed about all the traditional and new marketing techniques.

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Higher Logic

APRIL 9, 2019

Choosing imagery for your content marketing campaigns is really hard. Just this weekend, I saw a stock photo I’ve seen a thousand times on Shutterstock used as the main creative on a prominent highway billboard. Looking for more marketing tips? See the photo we chose for this blog header? Case in point.]. Awkward, no?

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AvidXchange: Association Management

MAY 30, 2023

With changes in the housing market and higher interest rates, the community association management industry is battling rising costs of business. Community association management companies are under pressure to do more with less and reduce expenses as budgets get tighter in a challenging yet competitive labor market.

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NXUnite

JANUARY 2, 2024

To improve the user experience (UX) of a website, follow these best practices: Avoid pop-ups that block the main content and consider using sidebars instead. Stakeholder Communication While every well-designed website will share common strengths and features, it’s important to tailor each website to your nonprofit’s audience and brand.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Besides facing competition from free online sources of continuing education and mentorship, it can also be a challenge for associations to communicate their value, especially when it comes to younger generations. Getting in front of target buyers and communicating value happen to be two of the main principles of the common sales process.

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Association Adviser

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

You might not expect an association that focuses on underwater operations to be groundbreaking when it comes to their social media and content marketing, but that’s part of what makes ADCI so interesting. Content 360 is a content strategy program which is designed to increase communication effectiveness for associations.

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NXUnite

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Market Your Fundraiser Marketing is essential for a successful online shopping fundraiser, and leveraging multiple communication methods will allow you to reach as many supporters as possible. Analyzing this information serves two main purposes. Second, you can recognize your top supporters individually.

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Higher Logic

MAY 8, 2019

If your target audience has opted into your communications, the open rate should be on the higher end. Follow our tips to improve your association’s email open rate and boost member engagement, building a stronger communications strategy along the way. Resource: Email Marketing vs. Marketing Automation [Explained].

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Aaron Wolowiec

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Associations aren’t often regarded as agents of change, but recently, Marketing General Inc. , According to the survey, association innovation tends to focus around a few main areas: website and social media; conventions, conferences and seminars; education programs; and membership, technology and marketing (56 percent each).

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Association Briefings

DECEMBER 19, 2020

The smart use of data can have a profound impact on all sectors of an association - membership, marketing, communications, meetings, education, and advocacy. Creating these member experiences is one of the most complex challenges an association’s marketing team faces today. But what about zero-party data?

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Also worth your time The right marketing question—an intriguing way to approach a marketing campaign. Host: Cecilia Sepp, CAE, CNP, principal and founder, Rogue Tulips Consulting Guest: Cynthia Lockrey, Lockrey Communications Mon 9/18 at 4 p.m. – Peter Diamandis ) My summer with Leo Tolstoy and his War and Peace. 1 CMP credit.

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Reid All About it

MAY 12, 2023

The corporate market is a growing profit center for them—and could be for your association too. They describe several examples of general and specialized membership tiers and discuss factors to consider before moving forward, like your AMS and market research. Learning business. Membership tiers. Newsletters. to 2:45 p.m.

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Association Adviser

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Texting is a powerful (though underutilized) marketing platform because of its high engagement rate and effectiveness in reaching those who may be less inclined to pick up the phone or check their email regularly. Short Message Service (text) marketing is a reliable way to get in front of your members, and it makes engagement quick and easy.

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MemberClicks

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Email copy is more of a marketing term used for purpose-driven emails. Aside from the point we made above about copy being the thing that communicates with your members what you’re trying to tell them, it actually has a few other purposes. For new members especially, email communication can help build relationships.

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MemberClicks

MAY 13, 2024

As you can see, online community engagement is like an onion. Yet many organizations unthinkingly disregard the rich potential of digging deeper into their community engagement, either because they don’t realize they’re doing it or because they don’t know how to do better. The skin is hardly representative of the whole.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Create an open line of communication Whether you’re managing your volunteers or stewarding donors , one core strategy stands out that makes any partnership a success: good communication. Then, determine how often you’ll check in with one another.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 7, 2019

The Road to Member Engagement Is Paved with Personalized Marketing. Learn how to identify the main challenges and the main benefits of online events in your organization, analyze the five bulletproof reasons for your organization to offer online events, and develop an outline to share with leadership for an online event strategy.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

To that end, the report spotlights three main use cases: “authentic constituent chatbots” that can efficiently and personably respond to stakeholder questions; “fundraising/membership intelligence”; and “grant writing transformation.” The organization needs to determine its position on Gen AI adoption.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The same can be said for creating and implementing an integrated, cross-channel marketing plan. While promoting your association’s products or services through one channel can create awareness and drives conversions, marketing your brand and products through multiple channels increases awareness and conversions exponentially.

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Higher Logic

APRIL 12, 2018

On the front-end sales line here at Higher Logic, we often hear organizations are happy with using social media platforms as their main line of communication with and between their members. Do You Need a Private Secure Communication Channel? The Problem with Using Public Social Media Platforms. It's YOURS!

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Higher Logic

MAY 16, 2019

I define and see the impact of digital transformation for associations using three main pillars. Technology also plays an increasingly important role to enable our organizations to better understand our members, and personalize marketing, communications, and member services. Changing Role of Technology.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 17, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Online learning. But excellent content isn’t enough to gain market share. Devin Cleary, MeetingsNet ) How to eliminate content bottlenecks and keep your content marketing engine running. Content is a commodity, says WBT Systems.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 22, 2017

The PCMA Digital Experience Institute will be streaming live the most talked about sessions including each day’s main stage, thought leaders from across the globe and business events experts focusing on the most pressing industry topics. – Structured Content- A Marketer’s Secret Weapon. Host: American Marketing Association.

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WBT Systems

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Find out how much staff time (in dollars) is spent on marketing and managing the program compared to revenue generated. Or is this program considered a commodity product by the marketplace so the organization providing it at the lowest price is gaining the market share? Is the program even meeting a market need? Value to market.

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Higher Logic

JULY 19, 2018

Because it’s the main way we receive valuable communications. Without that personalization, we often lose interest and unsubscribe from email lists long before completing the call-to-action that the marketer sending the email was hoping for. This is easy to do using marketing automation’s web tracking feature.

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Higher Logic

MAY 15, 2018

While communities are organization-wide initiatives, the team directly responsible for your community has a huge impact on its success. Who Usually Owns Online Communities? Marketing is the most common owner of online communities, according to the 2017 Business Impact of Online Communities Study.

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Blue Sky eLearn

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

How to market to them. According to Inc.com , here are some of the main differences: 1. 74% of Generation Z prefer to communicate face-to-face with colleagues. These six main differences that Inc.com outlines make it clear that there are numerous opportunities for associations to attract and educate Generation Z.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Fíonta consulted the Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report from Marketing General Inc. Spoiler: the most successful organizations take full advantage of their technology and data so they can quickly respond to changing member and market needs. Ann Smarty, Content Marketing Institute ). Membership strategies.

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Blue Sky eLearn

MAY 16, 2019

Information about your team’s project management methods and tools being used – i.e. where to find project task lists or communication threads in Asana, Basecamp, Slack, etc. You may have a full marketing department handling everything, you may not. Some important items are: The marketing calendar.

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Spark Consulting

JULY 5, 2017

When last we left the Membership 101 series, you had just gotten a new member and were busy finding out why she joined so you could focus your marketing and communications efforts around those 2-3 things that matter most to her. What does your “welcome to Association XYZ” communication look like? Ask about her.

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